Microsoft Walks Back Play Anywhere?

So FH called it then? In all seriousness, maybe they realized they just misworded the statement and rushed to clarify what they meant.

Why was Minecraft left out of this list?

I think Ashley said Halo 6 instead of Halo 5

Basically "Yo, we might make a game that doesn't adhere to ALL of the Play anywhere rules." As much as I don't like this I understand why this has to be for the reason of cross play (and possibly other reasons). Overwatch Recently patched the console version of its game nerfing Torbjorn but leaving him alone on PC. This demonstrates a difference in how the games are played on each platform so in order not to give either side an advantage in games, where controller differences make a significant game play difference, Microsoft has to use meticulous language that is annoying and not exactly wanted. The real issue is how this "Meticulous" wording was added retrospectively. Bad PR Microsoft, shame on you.

Need them clicks, I guess.

So basically Microsoft is covering their asses in case a game DOESN'T come out for both platforms and people go back to this announcement and say "But you said everything! I'm suing you!". Makes total business sense, but really should have been the way it was put forward to begin with. This doesn't mean that they won't make MOST of their games adhere to the Play Anywhere program, so people shouldn't be all up-in-arms just yet.

Eh, I only want forza on pc.

There are no games that won't play well on PC.

Games like RTS's play badly on console.

I'm pretty happy with the games that will be coming out for pc and it doesn't mean that more big xbox games aren't coming to pc. I'm just glad I'll be able to play the new Forza horizon game!!

Well, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown, State of Decay and Forza (if I really am sad and lonely, I did not enjoy FH2) are the only ones I wanted anyway. Never enjoyed Halo.

they seriously have an 8 minute video complaining about this. hence why i don't watch the know anymore.